tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post6983534735565727084..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Blaxland Flat's girl and the remarkable contribution of Isabel McBrydeJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-19482048923426073442012-08-10T14:07:02.420+10:002012-08-10T14:07:02.420+10:00It's not that society discourages it per se, j...It's not that society discourages it per se, just look at family history, but that we are all so "professional" now.<br /><br />I am sure that you are right about the non-Aboriginal guilt issue. Some care, others do not, but so much does get forced through an increasingly dated black/white prism. The Aborigines as people get lost. Indigenous studies at school has largely failed as a topic; who wants to study something if you have to have your nose rubbed in the past to do it?Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-32234445396713333072012-08-10T08:58:02.158+10:002012-08-10T08:58:02.158+10:00Hi Jim, I think so much important work has relied ...Hi Jim, I think so much important work has relied on amateurs accumulating local data - European science and history wouldn't exist without this contribution.<br /><br />Unfortunately our society doesn't encourage this kind of thing.<br /><br />Do you think it is also some shame and guilt about our (white people's) behaviour to aboriginal peopleEvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13355215688351759230noreply@blogger.com